UOP awarded grant
DES PLAINES - UOP, a Des Plaines-based subsidiary of Honeywell International, will start construction next year at Tesoro Hawaii's refinery in Kapolei. UOP was selected for negotiation of a $25 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy to build the demonstration unit in Hawaii to convert cellulosic biomass into green transportation fuels. The plant is expected to start up in 2014. The project will use cellulosic biomass feedstocks including forestry and agricultural residuals or algae to produce the liquid biofuel pyrolysis oil, which will be upgraded into green transportation fuels.
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